(informal, sometimes proscribed) A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.
(linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
(mathematics) A prime symbol.
(music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.
(music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
(music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
(music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
(prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
(sign languages) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
(usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.
A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
A word; a significant tone or sound.
Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
verb
(transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
(transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
(transitive) To mark with written accents.
acetin
acetin
noun
(organic chemistry) the triglyceride of acetic acid
ackton
acsnet
actian
actine
acting
acting
adj
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
noun
(countable, obsolete) An action or deed.
(drama) The occupation of an actor.
(law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
Pretending.
verb
present participle of act
actins
actins
noun
plural of actin
action
action
adj
(Manglish) arrogant
intj
Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
noun
(art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
(bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
(firearms) The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
(law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
(mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
(military) Combat.
(music) The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
(music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on a guitar or other string instrument.
(obsolete) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
(physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
(religion) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
(sciences) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
(slang, typically with a quantifier) Sexual intercourse.
A way of motion or functioning.
Fast-paced activity.
Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
The effort of performing or doing something.
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
verb
(transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.
(transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
anchat
anetic
anetic
adj
(medicine, obsolete, rare) Soothing; helping to relieve a malady.
anicut
anicut
noun
(India) A dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation.
annect
antica
antick
antick
noun
Obsolete form of antic.
antics
antics
noun
plural of antic
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antic
arcnet
arctan
arctan
noun
Abbreviation of arctangent.
ascent
ascent
noun
(typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
An eminence, hill, or high place.
An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness
The way or means by which one ascends.
atonic
atonic
adj
(linguistics) not having tone (pitch)
(medicine) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy.
(of a sound or syllable) unstressed
(pathology) Lacking muscle tone.
noun
(phonetics, dated) A sound with lack of tone or vocality.
bontoc
cadent
cadent
adj
Falling.
caftan
caftan
noun
Alternative spelling of kaftan
canaut
cannat
cannet
cannet
abbrev
(Tyneside) cannot, can't
cannot
cannot
noun
A person who cannot do (something).
Something that cannot be done.
verb
Be forbidden or not permitted to
Can not (be unable to).
cantab
cantab
Noun
A graduate of Cambridge University.
cantal
cantal
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Cantal
cantar
cantar
noun
Alternative spelling of kantar
canted
canted
adj
Having angles.
Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cant
cantel
cantel
noun
Alternative form of cantle
canter
canter
noun
A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.
A ride on a horse at such speed.
One who cants or whines; a beggar.
One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
verb
(intransitive) To move at such pace.
(transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
canthi
canthi
noun
plural of canthus
cantic
cantic
adj
angled
canting
oblique, slanting
cantil
cantil
noun
Any of various snakes of the species Agkistrodon bilineatus.
cantle
cantle
noun
(Scotland) On many styles of sporran, a metal arc along the top of the pouch, usually fronting the clasp.
(Scotland) The top of the head.
(obsolete) A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.
The raised back of a saddle.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cut into pieces.
(obsolete, transitive) To cut out from.
canton
canton
noun
(heraldry) A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
(obsolete) A song or canto.
(obsolete) A subdivision of a county, of Quebec, Canada; equivalent to a township.
A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
A division of a political unit.
A small community or clan.
A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side (e.g., the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
A subdivision of an arrondissement of France.
One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
verb
(transitive) To allot quarters to troops.
(transitive) To delineate as a separate district.
(transitive) To divide into cantons.
cantor
cantor
noun
A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan
singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony
cantos
cantos
noun
plural of canto
cantus
cantus
Noun
A melody or song, particularly ecclesiastical.
The principal voice.
cantut
canute
captan
captan
noun
(chemistry) Ethyl mercaptan.
A particular phthalimide fungicide.
carnet
carnet
noun
(law) A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article
A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.
An admission pass.
carnot
cartan
carton
carton
noun
(Australia) A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
(archaic) A kind of thin pasteboard.
(archaic) A shot that strikes this disc.
(archaic) A small disc within the bullseye of a target.
A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.
An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
verb
To put in a carton.
casten
casten
verb
(archaic, poetic) past participle of cast
catano
catena
catena
noun
(soil science) A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope.
A series of related items.
cathin
catina
cating
cation
cation
noun
(physical chemistry) a positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis
catkin
catkin
noun
(botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.
catlin
catlin
noun
Alternative form of catling (surgical knife)
catnap
catnap
noun
A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.
verb
(intransitive) To take a catnap (short sleep or nap).
(transitive) To kidnap a cat.
catnep
catnip
catnip
noun
(figurative) Something that causes excitement or interest.
Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.
catron
cattan
catton
caxton
caxton
Noun
Any book printed by the first English printer.
cedent
cedent
noun
The person who cedes a personal obligation to another.
ceinte
cement
cement
noun
(anatomy) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
(countable, uncountable) A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
(figurative) A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
(uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
verb
(figuratively) To make permanent.
(transitive) To affix with cement.
(transitive) To overlay or coat with cement.
(transitive, figurative) To unite firmly or closely.
cenote
cenote
noun
A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
centai
cental
cental
adj
Relating to a hundred.
noun
(historical) A weight of one hundred avoirdupois pounds.
centas
center
center
adj
Of, at, or related to a center.
noun
(American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
(Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
(Taixuanjing tetragram) 𝌆
(architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
(basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
(engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
(engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
(geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
(group theory, ring theory) The subgroup (respectively, subring), denoted Z(G), of those elements of a given group (respectively, ring) G that commute with every element of G.
(ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
(netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
(obsolete) The innermost point of the Earth, or the Earth itself, as the center or foundation of the Universe; the center or foundation of the Universe abstractly.
(rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
(soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
A place where the greater part of some function or activity occurs.
A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
verb
(engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
(intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
(transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
(transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
(transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
centon
centos
centra
centra
noun
plural of centrum
centre
centre
noun
(British spelling, Canadian spelling, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center.
verb
(British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center
centro
centry
centry
noun
Alternative form of century
centum
centum
adj
(Indo-European studies) Referring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a series of Proto-Indo-European palatovelar stops.
noun
(India) Perfect score on a board exam.
(Sanskrit and other Indian philology) Satakam, set of one hundred verses connected by the same metre or topic.
ceston
cetane
cetane
noun
The aliphatic hydrocarbon C₁₆H₃₄ (hexadecane) used as a standard for diesel fuel.
cetene
cetene
noun
(organic chemistry) An oily hydrocarbon of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.
chanst
chants
chants
noun
plural of chant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chant
chanty
chanty
noun
Alternative spelling of shanty (“song”)
chaton
chaton
noun
(watches) chaton (movement component: a circular piece of metal inserted in a round hole, in which a ruby is inserted. The ruby is used as bearing for the pin (or pivot) of a shaft of a wheel)
Collet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring).
chaunt
chaunt
noun
Obsolete spelling of chant
chenet
chints
chints
noun
Obsolete form of chintz (“fabric”).
chintz
chintz
noun
A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.
chitin
chitin
noun
(biochemistry) A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans.
chiton
chiton
noun
(historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.
Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.
chonta
chonta
noun
Any of various palm trees, such as Juania australis and Astrocaryum species.
cinter
cinter
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of center
cintre
citing
citing
noun
Citation.
verb
present participle of cite
citrin
citrin
noun
A protein associated with type II citrullinemia.
citron
citron
adj
Of a greenish yellow colour.
noun
A greenish yellow colour.
A small citrus tree, Citrus medica.
The candied rind of the citron fruit.
The fruit of a citron tree.
client
client
noun
(computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
(law) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.
A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
Short for client state.
clints
clints
noun
plural of clint
clinty
cobnut
cobnut
noun
A game played by children with nuts.
A specific cultivated variety of hazelnut, also known as the Kentish cobnut.
The nut of the common hazel (Corylus avellana); hazelnut.
cogent
cogent
adj
Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.
Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
colent
coltin
colton
colton
Proper noun
Any of several placenames in England derived from and
derived from any of these places.
name transferred from the surname.
coltun
conant
condit
confit
confit
noun
Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
verb
(transitive) To prepare (food) in this manner.
conite
conite
noun
(mineralogy) A magnesian variety of dolomite.
constr
contac
contam
contek
conter
contes
contex
contex
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To weave together; to form by interweaving.
contin
contos
contos
noun
plural of conto
contra
contra
adv
contrary to something
noun
(accounting, often attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
(business) A deal to swap goods or services.
(dance) A contra dance.
(music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
(obsolete, US, New England, dance) A country dance.
(politics, derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
prep
against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to
verb
(accounting) To undo; to reverse.
cornet
cornet
noun
(historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).
(obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
(obsolete) The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
A kind of organ stop.
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone.
A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
cortin
cortin
noun
corticosteroid
corton
costen
costen
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To try; tempt.
costin
cotans
coteen
cothon
cothon
noun
An artificial, protected harbor in a Phoenician city, especially and originally the one in Carthage.
coting
coting
verb
present participle of cote
cotman
cotoin
cotsen
cotton
cotton
adj
Made of cotton.
noun
(countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.
(textiles) The textile made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant, especially Gossypium.
Any fiber similar in appearance and use to Gossypium fiber.
Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
verb
(horticulture) To wrap with a protective layer of cotton fabric.
(tar and cotton) To cover with cotton bolls over a layer of tar (analogous to tar and feather )
(transitive) To provide with cotton.
To cover walls with fabric.
To develop a porous, cottony texture.
To enshroud with a layer of whiteness.
To fill with a wad of cotton.
To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.
To give the appearance of being dotted with cotton balls.
To protect from harsh stimuli, coddle, or muffle.
To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture.
To rub or burnish with cotton.
To supply with a cotton wick.
cotwin
cotwin
noun
A twin's twin.
counts
counts
noun
(statistics, of a statistic) To be enumerated rather than represented as a proportion or percentage.
plural of count
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of count
county
county
adj
Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
noun
(US, slang, uncountable) A jail operated by a county government.
(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.
A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 48 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska and Louisiana).
covent
covent
noun
(obsolete) Convent.
cranet
cranet
noun
Obsolete form of crinet.
crants
crants
noun
(obsolete) A garland carried before the bier of a maiden and subsequently hung over the grave.
craton
craton
noun
A part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.
creant
creant
adj
creative; formative
cretan
cretan
Adjective
Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.
Noun
An inhabitant or a resident of Crete.
Proper noun
The dialect of Greek spoken in Crete.
cretin
cretin
noun
(by extension, derogatory) An idiot.
(pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.
criant
crinet
crinet
noun
(historical) A set of metal armour plating worn around a horse's neck.
(obsolete, falconry) Each of the small hair-like feathers growing around a hawk's cere.
cronet
cronet
noun
The coronet of a horse.
crotin
croton
croton
noun
A tropical evergreen shrub, Codiaeum variegatum, having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.
Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.